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Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

Missouri always gets there in fine
shape, but this year she surpasses all
her sisters in wheat growing. The
latest figures show an average yield
per acre of 2Oa bushels. while the
other States vary between the maxi.
mum yield of fifteen bushels in Kan
sas to the minimum of ten in Ken
fupkv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

At meeting of those Interested
in the Boulevard last night the two
narrow drives as suggested by the
LEDGER some time since were order
ed thrown into one broad and hand
some Boulevard, Every citizen in
Mexico, and especially those who
drive, should come TO the front and
esncribute to the fund necessary tc
complete the work begun.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
aBut Yet a Woman

"Oh, 1 know l can't" sobbed the
woman after she returned from her
husbands funeral. 81 just know l
can't think of anything else with poor
John in the-t-o-o-m-b!" and
she broke down again. "There was
very large attendance at the fun
eral," said lady friend, trying to get
the poor woman's mind into some
other channel. "Mrs. General Pa
rade was present. "Was Mrs. Gen
eral Parade there?" Eyes" "What-
wh-what did she have on?" and the
poor widow burst into tears anew.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
---7---7------7-----
No G.. & A. Extension,
From the st. Louis Republican

r. 7. Parker and engineer corps
are making preliminary survey for
new road from Springfield, Mo-, to
Versailles, the line passing through
Greene, Polk, Dallas, Camden and
Morgan counties. The survey is said
to be paid for by citizens of Spring
field, who want Chicago connection.
The line will connect with the Mis-
souri, Pacific.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
Thirty-Nine Hundredths.

The rainfall for the month just
passed was the smallest for years,
the total fall for the thiEty-one days
being less than forty one-hundredtas.
The average temperature Of the
month at II m, was 90. 0.58e; at q. M,
69.64o. The lowest at Z q. nj. was
80 degrees, while on six days JOG
degrees were indicated at IL m.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
Sued for Damages.

MoBERLY, NO., Sept. 1.---Mrs- G..
D. Bushnell, milIiner Of this city,
to-day instituted suit against the
City Of Moberly for $40, 600 damages
for injuries she claims to have re-
celyed from fall caused by q de-
fective sidewalk some time last win
ter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

At hotel in Moberly last week
drummer wanted the earth. That is,
he wanted good beefsteak, the bugs
cleaned out of his bed and the chicory
taken out of his coffee. The land
lord felt that such impudence should
be nipped in the bud, and he fired
three shots at the drummer and scar
ed him out Of town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
Lot of Feed Left Here.

Mr.. Tom Brown of Audrain coum-
ty passed through town Wednesday
with a large bunch of cattle. He
was on his way to the Mississippi bot
toms of Calumet township. Grass
in Audrain is burnt ont by the
drouth. Thousands of cattle from
other parts of this and other counties
are now grazing in the rich ever
green bottoms OF Calumet, where
grass is still abundant.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
Lots of Fur.

From the Mlddletown chps.
With fair, o teachers institute,
an annual conference OF preachers, q
reunion OF ex-Confederatcs and an
anti. horse thief convention, Mexico,
NO., seems to be having lots Of fun
this summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

j. B. Schroll and friend, late OF
Missouri, are here to-day and will be
located tomorrow by Albert Andrus.
They are the best satisfied people we
know of, and we are happy to have
them locate with US, as they are the
kind of men to help US build up our
fine country. They state that large
emigration will be here soon from old
M,sery.-Abbott, (Colorado) Home.
sfo01ps.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

Maxwell's father, who has been i'm
st. Louis for a month, left for home
on Tuesday. When he parted with
his son, the little choloformer, the
latter did not shed tear or show the
least emotion. Tie Supreme Court
of the United States meets October
10, when, it is thought. his case will
come up, though it may not come up
for two years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

OVER 125 pages of brief work has
been turned out of the LEDGER job
department within Is days. No Of
flee in the country is better fixed to
furnish this class of work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

Mai. Ii. A. Ricketts, left on the
Wabash Friday for St. Louis,
where he will make arrangements
with the q. s. Arsenal for the loan
of several hundred flags, of all sizes,
for reunion decoration. Mr.. Ricketts,
will also arrange for the loan of as
many tents as can be secured. Ev.
erybody is taking lively interest in
the illumination and decoration idea,
and no money or pains will be spared
to make the matter complete sue
cess.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

Sick Man--"Am I to take all that
medicine?"
Wife-"Yes; all of IT,"
Sick Man--"There's enough in
that bottle to kill mule.n
Wife-"No there isn't, John, or
the doctor wouldn't have prescribed
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

IT DON'T make any difference
whether your neighbor is going to
decorate or not, you come TO the
front and he will wish he had not
held back.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

ALL the clothing and gents fur
nishing houses in the city are arrang-
ing designs for reunion week. Will
all the other branches Of business do
as well?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

One of our business men is having
mammoth picture of Cleveland made
which he will hang across the street
TO the Court House from his place of
business raunion week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
Bishop Harris Dying.

NEw YoRK, September 2.--Bishop
William L. Harris Of the MI. y.
Church, who 10 lying dangerously Ill
at his residence in this city, II not
expected TO live through tho day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

A printer recently walked into a
certain store, on his rounds to see if
they desired anything in the way of
advertising, and noticed drummer
standing by the counter with a SAM
pie case ready to open. Anything
you desire to say in the paper this
week, inquired the printer of the
man behind the counter. "No,"
says the business man, 81 would not
give whoop in h--ll for adver-
tising." The daummer waited until
the printer was half way to the door,
then slowly taking up his sample
case with the remark: Il don't care
to sell to a man in this enlightened
age who does not believe in advertis-
ing When I want to strike up a
trade with dead man, I'll go to the
graveyard and swap tombstones.'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
Failed to Connect.

Tommy's mother had a terrible
time teaching him to remember al.
ways to say "if you please" at the
table. His memory is lamentably
bad.
The other day this dialogue took
place at the breakfast table:
Tommy-"Mamma pass the but
ter"
Mamma-''If what, Tommy
Tommy-'sIf you kin reach it."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

The list Of reunion decorators is
swelling. and promises to include
everybody in this town before Sep
tember IA.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

The late rains insure plenty of fall
grass. This is all the farmers of
Audrain need to carry them through
the winter in good shape.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

THERE is better corn crop this
season than many think. There is
a good deal over one-half crop in
Audrain, and the increase in the
small grain yield will make up all
that is lacking in the corn crop.
There is no cause for much of the
complaint we hear. OF course those
who did not attend to their crops
have a very light yield. What else
could they expect. A reasonably
careful farmer who does not confine
himself to one crop will always do
we'll in this State. Small grain is
fast becoming popular and pays well.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
MEXICO. MISSOURI THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER g. 1887.
A Mammoth Skeleton Unearthed.

n uGI1ulOth ohC1StOu OnedfGRGQ.
ST.. JOSEPH, Mo-, August S1.-At
Jackson Station, in Davis county.
Mo, near Gallatin, while digging a
we'll on his place last week, Mr.. n.
W. st. John unearthed a portion Of
human skeleton, which is regarded
as one Of the most wonderful finds
ever made in this part of the coun-
try.
At the depth Of Is feet the bones
were found. The thigh measured in
circumference at the upper joint 80
inches, or nearly 10 inches through.
AT the lower portion, or adjoining
the knee, the measurement was 22
inches around, while the knee-cap
alone weighed 5 pounds.
An arm on one rib we're also
brought up, and the other portions
Of the skeleton will be recovered at
once, as 1t Is quite probable they are
there also.
This find leads one to believe that
the being possessing such enormous
bones as these must have been mon
strous indeed. As soon as the re-
naming portions are recovered they
will be brought to this city and put
on exhibition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

From Sedalia comes the report
that the Salvation army has convert
ed seven people into lunacy. 1t
would be cheaper to build a wall
about the army then enlarge all the
asylums in this broad land. In
Omaha the army has excited disgust,
but the. ..crazyness, as yet, is confined
to the ranks of the array of mendi-
cants who faunt their weaknesses in
the face of suffering decency, it is
charity to say that all are of uusound
mind. 1t is plain that this is true, or
that they are a shameless lot Of ir-
reverant babblers who should be
restrained. The members should lay
a side their gaudy shirts and sombre
bonnets, wash off their dirt and en-
deavor to behave. Herald.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
Wife, Woman. LADY,

Lady is much abused, over
worked couplet of syllables. As q
synonym for wife it becomes a dis
gusting vulgarism. "Mr. Smith and
lady were. at the reception" The
word wife-has no worthy substitute ;
as Shakespeare says of the polar
star, ''It has no fellow in the frma-
ment.'
Lady, indicating cultivation, re-
finement, may often be interchanged
with woman, yet it does not follow
that it is the better word. Gould, in
his "Good English" said it would
spoil Scott's much quoted lines:
30 woman in our home of ease
Uncertain, coy and hard to please;
When pain and anguish wiring the brow,
ministering angel thou
Also Portals reply to Brutus in
''Julius Caesar"
II grant am a woman, but withal
A woman that Lord Brutus took to wife.
L grant am woman, but withal
A woman well reputed. Cato's daughter
And yet many persons slight the
word woman. We have heard such
expressions as 'Mrs. Browns hired
lady," an old colored washerwoman !;
and in Sabbath school of the Syro-
phon:can lady who wished to have
her daughter healed.
No one of the gentler sex is hurt
by being called a woman, for the
word in its highest use implies all
that is true and noble and strong.
Many a woman, called a lady accord
ing to the distinctions of society,
has not half the womanhood of some
palmer sister.
First, woman with all that it i'm
plies, then lady, and lady with its
original meaning of loaf-giver re-
quires that she who would claim its
title, must have the kind heart that
draws her out of herself Lady
Contributor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

A recent visitor to the grave Of
Thackeray in Kensal Green declares
it to be ''as simple and unpretentious
as was his life.' 1t is covered by a
low wall of brick, On which is laid a
large horizontal slab of white marble,
perfectly plain and with only the full
name and years of birth and death.
HIS mother lies beside him. An iron
railing rising little higher than the
slab surrounds the lot and is thickly
entwined with ivy and other climbing
vines. On the marble slab rested
some freshly cut flowers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

ASK the sign painters and decora-
tors what effect the LEDGER decora-
tion boom is having on their busi-
ness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
Death of MissLutie Harrison.

Miss Lutte NJ. Harrison, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Harrison,
living near Benton City, died early
Thursday at her home, after an
illness of six weeks, with typhoid
fever. Miss Harrison was an ex-
ceptionally bright young lady, pos
sessed of many friends. She has for
some time been teacher in the Au-
drain and Galloway schools and had
been engaged for the coming winter
at the Benton school. She was q
member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison have the
sympathy of everyone in their be-
reavement, and the death of their
daughter is deeply regretted by the
many friends and relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

G. +. Clark's Katie s., won the
mile dash at Montgomery Wedn'ss-
day, over two other good ones.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

Baxter Crawford's lumber yard on
East Liberty street, formerly owned
by Josiah Wright, has been sold to
r. w. Buffum.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

An application was made before
Judge Edwards late Thursday after
noon for the release of Charles
Autenreith, of Montgomery, now In
jail here, on writ of habeas corpus.
The writ was denied and the prisoner
remanded to jail. Autenreith is a
man 65 years of age, the father of
seventeen living children. He is
charged with the terrible crime of
incest and murder, committed at his
home in Montgomery county in 1885.
He fled the country, going to Oregon.
He worked his way back and O. few
weeks ago was arrested IN Wyan-
dotte, Kansas. Autenreith was
brought to the Jail here for safe
keeping. He is a well-to-do farmer
and owns a fine farm in Montgomery
county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

THOSE who decorate will be the
rule. The CLANS will be the Gxcep-
ton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

MExICo's Board of Trade and real
estate exchange should see to 1t that
Mexico awakes from her sleep.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

GEO. VEST did not say the local
option law was unconstitutional.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

Judge Ross is going to bore for
water on his farm, s miles south of
Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

If you don't fall into the line of
decorators you'll get left.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08

The following table shows the
number of soldiers furnished during
the war of the rebellion:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-09-08
GET ready to decorate and illumi-

DoN'T fail to start your children to
school on Monday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-05
DESIRABLE
Raa1 Estate For Sale.
TRUSTEES SALE.
FULTON PROPERTY

DY VIRTUE OF 4 DEED OF TRUST MADE
ID to me. rs trustee. by Charles KRAFT and Elise
Kraft, his wife, bearing date on the I'D day of
April, ISL, and recorded in the office of the
Clerk of the County Court of Ohio county, West
Virginia, in Deed of Trust Book No. 81, page l:i,
| will proceed to sell at public sale, On
SATURDAY. the 18th day ~offEBRUARi, A.D. 1857,
commencing at 10 u'CloCk u. M, at the front
door of the Court House of said Ohio county, II
certain piece or parcel of land situate i'll the
town of Fulton. county of Ohio, and State of
West Virginia, and bounded aS follows, 10 wit:
beginning at the intersection of the uaSteTly line
of Marshall street with the south line of the
National road: unmng thence with said line Of
Marshall street ~ feet and / inches Ia Centre
street: thence with the line of Centre street ~
feet aud 10 inches, more or less, tO the line OF
the property conveyed ON The 22i day of April,
1881, by said Charles kraft aud wife Ia John
Kraft; thence with SAID last mentioned liuc
nOTtheastcrly - feet: thence SOuthCaStcrly ~
feet, more or less, Ia Fu!mur's lot; thence with
said FOlmOr's line III feet and 1 inches, more or
less, to the south line of the National road;
thence with said line of the National road lSi
feet AMI ID inches to the place of beginning.
TERMS OF SALE-Onc-hall, or HS much more aS
the purchaser may elect to pay, cash III hand ON
the day of sale, the balance, if any, in " equal
instruments, payable, with int, rest from day Of
sale, in one and two years, the purchaser To give
notes, with good security, for the deferred pay
meulS, and the legal title Ia br retained nS further
security. LOUIS +. SIlFEL, Trustee.
W. II. HALLER, Aurtioneer. ja2li
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-05
WHY DO TIE REPUBLICANS WANT
TIE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

RECOC STDEFElSREDs
Both branches of Council last night by
a strict party vote, put of beginning the
investigation of the alleged frauds in the
Second ward until February 10. Il is hard
to understand what motive the Republi-
cans had in delaying tall this time. The
votes could be recounted to-day aS we'll rs
any other time, and there is no excuse
whatever for such 4 delay. The Demo
Gratis only want justice done. II
Democrats were elected they
wish to know it; and il q recount shows
otherwise, all well and good. They wish
the matter settled ~ once, ~ that unnec-
eSSary and perhaps troublesome cOmplica-
tionS may be avoided. The work done by
Council and officers who are illegally hold
ing Office, if the recount 80 declares, might
cause a great deal of annoyance, and may
hap harm to the city'S interests, and the
less lone the better will il be.
1t looks very suspicious to see the Re
publicanS voting to a man to defer action
until after other meetings OF the Council
have been held, and the Officers whose
election is i'm question, have added new
complications to the subject. They must
expect To gain ~ome unfair advantage by
such delay. II was a pr]ecnncerted action
arranged in caucus before Council met, a
rather strange proceeding when u queS-
ton of this kind * ut stake.
This caucus WAS just in place
in choosing their officers, but lur
an. election contest to be decided in
caucus is a sorry perycrSion. We would
have thought there would have been
enough manhood aud desire Tor fair play
among many Of the Republican council
men to cause them to demand that iustiC
he lone ut once.
I:nt ~ the recount is To deferred "a long,
We would insist that the ballots I've kept
secure so that there can he no tampcrina
with the returns and no ground for suSpic-
ion. The Democrats demand this, and the
Republicans tan not afford 10 allow any
suspicion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-05
NINA A. An AUTHORIZES.

Mrs. NINASPIES, after refusing an offer
from a dime museum, takes advantage of
all the free advertising she has gotten from
the to make her bow rs an au-
thOreSS.
Her book consists Of about one hundred
PAGES entitled "a Spies Autobiography;
His Speech in Court; Notes, Letters, Ike.
Published by NINAV ZANpr, Chicago"
Then she gives the love letters she wrote
to SPIES in prison, which by the way, ace
no doubt very interesting reading.
This young woman's action in publish
ing the biography Of the condemned An
archiSt in order to defend him and If
possible change the judgment the people
have passed upon him, makes her story
all the more remarkable. II she is
neither mad nor u jevotee OF questionable
notoriety, she SURPRISES almost any in
stance in history, in intense and unseliSh
love, though it is
Love that diSturbS
The schemes of wisdom still; that winged with
passion,
Blind AMI impctuouS i'm its fond pursuits
Leaves the grey headed reason tar chind
She says of her love affair:
Had | been some Obsure foreign girl not
a word would have been said i'm eOndem-
nation of the marriage. But an American
girl from respectable ancestry and stand
ing, following the voice of her heart, which
course alone | hold to be moral, instead Of
the sound of dollars, they could not think
of. That's unprecedented!' "Scanda-
louSr' The girl must he silly; must
have read trash nOyelSl' they exclaimed.
Had ! married AN old, invalid debauchee
with great riches these moral gentlemen(?)
who aSSail me now would have Landed me
to the skies; many OF my Christian sisters
and brethren would have said to their sons
and daughters: Very c~Ommendable, "A
very sensible girl" And those who knew
me personally: II have always thought her
5 sweet" | prefer the censure OF these
moral people, who, it seems, cannot COM
prehend a love made dOubly strong by a
similarity of mental tastes and pursuits as
ours is, to their approval. | am equally
proud of the friends that | have made,
persons who can understand apure and I'M
selfish love.
Though these words do not make this
infatuated and crack-brained girl seem
more wise in marrying q man with one
foot in the grave and the other on the scat
fold, still they come with a sting against
those who marry merely for riches and
position, and she calls up the fact that
there are more fools than one in the world.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-05
A Word About Catarrh.

1T Is the mucous membrane. that wonderful
semi. fluid envelope surround 'ng the delicate
tissues Of the air and fDDd passages, thai 'atarh
makes its stronghold. Once established, Il eats
into the very yi,als, aud render. life bui a bong
drawn breath Of misery and disease, dulling the
sense Of hearing, tnmmclIiDg the power 81
speech, destroying the faculty Of smell, tAih'ing
the breath, and killing the refined pleasures OF
taste. I~nsidnDusIy. by creeping on from a slm-
pic cold In the head, II assaults the membfAhpI'
lining and e~nvelOIS the lone, eating thrpngh
the delicate coaD and causing
sloughing and death. Nothing short 81 UtAi
eradication will secure health 10 the patient aDl
all alleviatiyes are Simply p O~crastinaiol sHhT
inRS, leading IN u fatal termination. HASFotD'
RADICAL CUgg. by EahdLiim and by hndrt"" ~
ministraiiOn, las never failed; even whcii VIZ
disease has made fhgbiml inrOads DI d'Ii'Atr
cDStitutiOns, hearing. smell and tastc have lS'H
recovered, and the disease thoroughly 1h''H
out"
sAsYoRD's RADICAL CURE consist ~ one I,s
tie NJ the RADICAL CURE, one bOH 'ATAEhhh.
SOLVENT, and one ~IsPEOygD IsHALEE, nr.sy
wrapped In one package, with fnil diie'"""''
price, 81.
~ - a.. ErSTnG
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-05
T. :. ALLISON,
ROBERT WHITE,

Special Commissioners
Wheeling, W. Va January :, lSS7.
] hereby certify that bond and security has been
given by the above named Special Commissioner
as required by law and the decree of said Court
JOHN W MITCHELL,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court or Ohio County
janl0i
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-05
THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
CHARLESTON. w. Va

CHARLESTON, w. VA |
WEDNESDAY,, February 2, 1897. J
The Senate was opened to-day with
PRAYER by Hon. Stark w. Arnold, ont o.
its members.
After q communication had been read
from the Clerk of the House, announcing
the Hassage of a number of bills, Mr.. Nc
Creery, from the Finance Committee, sub
mitted a report, recommending that ;. b.
No. 5. s. b. No. 5, and 5. b. No. az, do
not pass, the subject matter being included
ms. Il. No. 81. The committee further
recommended that 5. Z. No. 81, aud 5. b.
No. 12S pass.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. FIournoy introduced S. Z. No. 229,
to amend sections Il and 81 of chapter 81
of the Code.
Mr.. Van PeIt introduced s. Z. No. 40,
to regulate the working, ventilation and
drainage of coal mines in this State, to pro-
vide for the appointment of mine insPec-
tors and TO repeal chapter 40 OF the Acts OF
lSS3.
On motion of Mr.. Gettinger, the rules
were suspended and bills were taken up
on a first reading. A number of bills were
ordered to a second reading.
The hour OF noon having arrived, the
Senate proceeded to 90 into joint session
with the House to ballot for Senator, and
then took Il recess until 2:3O o'clock.
The entire afternoon session was taken
M with bills on first reading.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-05

THE House of Delegates has passed the
Senate bill providing for the study Of the
nature and effects of intONieants and mar
cOticS, in the public schools Of the State,
and teachers had as well begin preparing
themselves for teaching these subjects.
This is o good measure and goes right to
the bottom ofthe evil of inteRPeranee. a
preventive is worth more than a cure, II
Surh there be.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-05
Ladies'

Who use SOZODONT have only TO open
their lips to prove its excellence. Their
white cleaning, sDotleSs teeth, and fra
grant breath will tell the story. There is
more demand for this wholesome and I'M
exeeptiOnable preparation than for any
other dentifriee in the market.